Investor's Business Daily (seriously) did a great profile on Gary Fisher yesterday in case you missed it. The article gives a solid history of the sport and talks about how Fisher was…
on Jul 26, 2007
How come no one told me about this? On June 13th 10 mountain bikers set out on a 535 mile race along the Colorado Trail from Waterton Canyon near Denver to Durango…
on Jul 25, 2007
After hundreds of mountain bikers at the Test of Metal mountain bike race fell ill last month a doctor says race organizers should have cancelled the event. "Our future advice to the…
on Jul 24, 2007
If you haven't been following Le Tour, there's a mountain biker in the yellow jersey - Michael Rasmussen. Rasmussen is a former mountain biking world champion and more recently, an alleged doper.…
on Jul 23, 2007
Biking Bis is claiming that Lance Armstrong is planning on riding in the Leadville 100 on August 11 after all - despite previous news that Armstrong had a "scheduling conflict." The post…
on Jul 20, 2007
Think mountain bike racing is extreme? Try mountain bike racing with an artificial limb! The O&P Extremity Games kick off today in Orlando, Florida for athletes with "limb loss or limb difference."…
on Jul 19, 2007
A British mountain bike tour guide with Endless Ride was arrested for leading a group of British mountain bikers in the Morzine area without the proper "French qualification." Apparently French guides in…
on Jul 18, 2007
IMBA has a new program that lets you represent IMBA at epic mountain bike races starting with 24 Hours of Moab this fall. IMBA gives you the tools to raise funds to…
on Jul 16, 2007
Due to popular demand we're expanding our mountain bike reviews to cover all kinds of gear. From sunglasses to hydration packs, bottom brackets to spokes, if you use it for mountain biking,…
on Jul 13, 2007
We launched a new singletracks homepage today that we're pretty stoked about. The new page sports simplified options, an oversize trail photo, and the latest news including forum posts, trail reviews, and…
on Jul 12, 2007
The other weekend we were riding down at FATS in South Carolina when we stopped to chat with a group of guys out on the trail. Here's a rough transcript of our…
on Jul 11, 2007
News 7 in Denver has an article on their website about photojournalist Jim Hucks' 10 favorite singletrack rides in Colorado. Jim couldn't hold himself to just 10 trails - he threw in…
on Jul 10, 2007
This past weekend the Wales town of Llanwrtyd Wells hosted the annual World Mountain Biking Bog Snorkelling Championship. Competitors sloughed through a 135 foot long, 6 foot deep pit filled with mud…
on Jul 9, 2007
At least 200 mountain bikers fell ill after the Test of Metal mountain bike race in Sqamish, BC on June 16 and health officials think the cause may have been bacteria in…
on Jul 6, 2007
Question: When is a dirt road a mountain bike trail? Answer: Sometimes. Is this a mountain bike trail? Okay, so when someone says "mountain bike trail" you probably don't imagine a wide…
on Jul 5, 2007
Received via email from IMBA: When it comes to the longest trails in the country, mountain bikes haven't been welcome. Congress banned bicycles from the Appalachian Trail before our sport evolved, and…
on Jul 4, 2007
Mudhunny and I finally got a chance to check out the Forks Area Trail System (FATS) just outside Augusta, GA this past weekend and we were seriously impressed. After riding the Stevens…
on Jul 3, 2007
If you've got a case of the Mondays today, how about taking a few minutes to fill out our MTB trail survey? We're giving out prizes to random winners plus everyone who…
on Jul 2, 2007
Admittedly when we first posted our list of the top 100 mountain bike trails in the world it was a bit of a gimmick. Obviously we haven't ridden every trail on the…
on Jun 29, 2007
The second annual Handcycle and Adaptive Mountain Bike festival was held at Keystone (see link for pics) this past weekend and this year's turnout was about double that of last year. Physically…
on Jun 28, 2007
A commenter on a recent blog post asked an interesting question: what makes a mountain bike trail a distinct trail? That is, if a single area (like Tsali in NC or Buffalo…
on Jun 27, 2007
Via recent IMBA email: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a major landholder in the Southeast, is revising its management policies at several sites with popular mountain biking trail systems. Affected trails include…
on Jun 26, 2007
Here's a new one (to me anyway): valet parking for your mountain bike. Apparently the Iowa Outdoor Wellness Adventure (I.O.W.A.) offered valet bike parking at their debut event last week. Bikers exchanged…
on Jun 25, 2007
Mountain bikers looking to add a mental challenge to their rides should check out mountain bike orienteering, a sport that is popular in the UK and Australia. I just came across some…
on Jun 21, 2007
Strap on your body armor, Keystone just added 6 new downhill trails to the resort this summer including one run called "Money" that features 22 tabletop jumps. There's also a new 18-foot…
on Jun 20, 2007